LaCasaAzul[La Casa blu] era il luogo doveFridaKahlo, l'artista latino-americana piùfamosa nel mondo, è nata, vissuta,e ha esalatoil suo ultimo respiro. L'edificio,che risaleal 1904, non era una grandecostruzione.Oggidispone di unedificio800 m2circondatoda un terrenodi 1200m2. Diego eFridala riempierono di colore, arte popolare, e pezzi di arte pre-ispanica per dimostrare la loroammirazione per ipopoli e le culturedel Messico.La costruzioneha subitodue importanti modifiche. La zona oggi occupatadal giardinoè stato acquistata quando il rivoluzionario russoLeonTrotskyviveva conDiegoeFridanel 1937. Seguendoi desideridi Diego, laCasaAzulè stato trasformatoin museonel 1958, quattroanni dopo lamortedi FridaKahlo. La casa diCoyoacánparla dellavita quotidiana diFridae Diego erifletteanche l'amoredella coppiaper l'artepopolare,come rappresentato dallefiguredi cartapestadi Giudadi CarmenCaballeroe le sculture diMardonioMagaña. La collezionedisposta lungola scala èuno delle piùimportanti del paese. Entrambi ipittoriraccolseropezzi diarte pre-ispanica e molti diquesti vennero usati perdecorare gli internie il giardino, dove spicca la piramide costruita su desiderio di Diego Rivera in modo da usarla per esporre i suoipezzi preferiti / La Casa Azul [The Blue House] was the place where Frida Kahlo, the most renowned Latin American artist in the world, came into this world, lived, and took her last breath. The building, which dates to 1904, was not a large-scale construction. Today it has an 800 m2 building surrounded by property measuring 1200 m2. Diego and Frida filled it with color, folk art, and pre-Hispanic pieces to show their admiration for the peoples and cultures of Mexico.The construction underwent two major modifications. When Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky lived with Diego and Frida in 1937, the property today occupied by the garden was purchased. In 1946 Diego Rivera asked Juan O’Gorman to build Frida’s studio. Following Diego’s wishes, the Casa Azul was turned into a museum in 1958, four years after Frida Kahlo died. The house in Coyoacán speaks of the daily life of Frida and Diego. The kitchen and dining room show signs of the pleasure they took in entertaining the luminaries who visited them. The Casa Azul also reflects the couple’s love for folk art, such as the papier-mâché judas figures by Carmen Caballero and the sculptures by Mardonio Magaña. The ex-voto collection on the stairway is one of the most important in the country. Both painters also collected pieces of pre-Hispanic art. Many of these pieces decorate the interior and gardens, where Diego had a pyramid built to put his favorite pieces.
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